Non-Cubers say the darndest things!

[Tim Major]

I can only solve 3 sides. WTF LMAO LOL OMFG ROFL!!!!!!!!

Do M' U M' U M' U2 M U M U M U2... BAM! 3 sides solved.

Yeah, you can solve only 3 sides, but if you can solve three sides, you're probably good enough to solve the whole thing.

If they brag about 4+ sides, then it is obvious that they are lying.

Mhm, after 1 I don't believe them, but it is possible to solve 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 sides. Just pointing that out.

I know people who can solve three sides. with luck. Coz I've showed heaps at my school how to solve 3x3's, but they get confused by the last Steps. The 8 move "Algorithms" they say putting emphasis on the word are too long in their opinion. Imgine their faces if I taught them parity algs on the 5x5.

I would say that solving 1 side is extremely easy, even for someone with no cube experience whatsoever. It took me about 20 minutes to get the first layer within 20 seconds everytime, with no help at all. To solve 2 sides requires taking apart the first side, changing something, and then putting it back (most times) which I think would be incredibly hard for someone to do without solving most of the cube.

Same, and I figured 2x2 out myself within 5 mins, Pyra within about 2 mins. (Didn't really understand pyra properly for about an hour)

 

[miniGOINGS]

Same, and I figured 2x2 out myself within 5 mins, Pyra within about 2 mins. (Didn't really understand pyra properly for about an hour)

Yea, with 2x2, all you really need is the sexy move, sune, and a 3-cycle. I havn't tried Pyraminx, but it seems very simplistic. 2 sides of a 3x3 would impress me a whole lot.

 

[miniGOINGS]

Avg5: 32.505 (σ = 1.21) Best Time Non-Lucky: 24.976. Lucky: LL SKIP!!! 11.984!!!!!

Why is there a . after 24.976? And why does your LL take more time than your F2L?

Answer please...

 

[Muesli]

1.

4." Let me see that." *After few minute of looking at the cube* "Say goodbye to your cube cheater" *He throw the cube downward and destroyed my cube*

My so called best mate through my cube across the pub, hit a barmaid. We both got barred, and i've never seen the best cube i've had ever again.

I'm sorry, but that is hilarious!

 

[Jani]

"you just memorize and reversed the scramble"

 

[(R)]

I can agree with a lot of people that non cubers can have some naming issues such as one word that drives me crazy
Urubicks

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

Only slightly off topic: I have occasionally taken a REALLY loose 3x3 that I rarely use to work... one time a coworker was messing around with it and it fell apart. (It was THAT loose... pop=total disassembly)

She completely freaked out...
Her: OMG OMG I am sooooo sorry... I will buy you a new one, I am going to walmart on my lunch break!!!

Yeah, try bringing a cube to a bar. Every time they tried to scramble for me I would warn, "Be careful, don't go fast or you will pop it!" They look at me in anger, like I am calling them idiots. Then the cube explodes after about 2 twists. And they look stunned, like they need to buy me a new cube. EVERY TIME! So, now I carry around my Rubik's store bought instead, in case people want to scramble.

 

[rjohnson_8ball]

Avg5: 32.505 (σ = 1.21) Best Time Non-Lucky: 24.976. Lucky: LL SKIP!!! 11.984!!!!!

Why is there a . after 24.976? And why does your LL take more time than your F2L?

Answer please...

In case ZB does not reply soon... There is nothing wrong with using punctuation (like a period) between items. The 11.984 LL skip solve might have been a fast F2L for him, or his LL could be slow due to multiple stages.

 

[MichaelP.]

*30 second solve*
Non-cuber : OMG that must be a world record.
Me: It's like 7 seconds.
Non-cuber: No, I'm positive!
Youtube: pwned.

*Solving the v-7*
Non-cuber: Is that one of those 15 by 15's?
Me: This is a 7 by 7.
Non-cuber: Do you have a 15 by 15
Me: Their impossible to make.
Non-cuber: No! I've seen one!
*Facepalm*

 

[phases]

My boss: "I can mix it up so much you won't be able to solve it. Hang on a sec, don't look!"

 

[Gollum999]

lol, yeah, whenever I'm solving my V7, the conversation usually goes something like this:

"WOAH, how many pieces does that have?"
"213" (Or 218 if you count the centers as separate)
"But wait..." *counts layers* "It's got 7 pieces across, so that's... 343. You got it wrong."
:fp

 

[Tim Major]

Avg5: 32.505 (σ = 1.21) Best Time Non-Lucky: 24.976. Lucky: LL SKIP!!! 11.984!!!!!

Why is there a . after 24.976? And why does your LL take more time than your F2L?

Answer please...

Normally my f2l takes about 20 seconds including cross. on a good solve it takes about 12 seconds including easy cross. i only had to make two f2l pairs, and while i inserted them i formed the others. on that good non lucky solve, my f2l was alright, but i had sune and my favourite permutation. Yeah

 

[Ranzha]

I pwn all people probably in the city (of almost 1,000,000 people) at solving cubes, though my average is liek 40ish. Whenever I solve one at school people say things liek, "Let me solve it next!" and they are so dumfounded, it makes me laugh.
There are a few cubers at my school, as I can name 4 right off of the top of my head, (me, my best friend, an acquaintance from Band and Men's ensemble, and another friend from Band) and they are hoping that one day, one day they'll get sub-1 (minute, that is). When I try explaining OLL and PLL to them, they say "I'll stick to the Beginner's method." Lol.

 

[Lorenzo]

*puts on blindfold*

Them "Can you actually do that?"

Me "I'm practicing how to do edges. I just started doing blindfold solving."

*finishes the edges except for 1 cycle*

Them: "Awww you fail."

Me "I'm a newb at blindfold solving."

 

[Cuber3]

If I sit around before school cubing, I will usually get a crowd gathering around me. Then I go move to somewhere else and nobody follows me. If I stay there for long enough I get another crowd. Some things that I get from the crowd are:

"You did it!" NO DUH!
"Let me mess it up" *about a year later (exaggeration)* "Here, now try" *I solve* "Oh..." *They are embarrased*
"Whoa, how do you turn it that fast" Me:"I lubricated it" *they crack up laughing* They are very immature...
*I get F2L and start LL* "Oh! You are messing it up" *I finish LL* "Oh..."

And from my friend: "A 2x2 can't be that hard, can it?" *I hand him my 4x4, messed up like a 2x2 (I don't have a 2x2)*"Oh..."

Once a guy told me that he had been a champion speedsolver. The comp that he said he won at didn't exist, and when I handed my cube to him he turned it randomly. I took it off him, and he said that he had been three moves away from finishing. The cube was still completely scrambled.

Another guy said that his method had something to do with diagonal movements (he knew that you can't turn it diagonally, he meant doing an R U moves the RFD corner diagonally across the F face.

Grr...

 

[PEZenfuego]

When almost done with a 7x7 solve. "I'll buy that off you."

Me- "Sure, how much will you buy it for?"

Him- "Hmmm...7 bucks."

Me- "Hahahahahahahaha."

Him- "What's so funny?"

 

[Forte]

I always feel bad when a center cap falls out because they think that they've broken it

 

[Cuber3]

Sorry for the double post, but I forgot the best one! I was cubing in public and this kid walks up to me and says "Do you need help with that?" I'd like to see him try! I did reply politely "No".
:fp

 

[sub_zero1983]

Sorry for the double post, but I forgot the best one! I was cubing in public and this kid walks up to me and says "Do you need help with that?" I'd like to see him try! I did reply politely "No".
:fp

It would have been hilarious if he did solve it.....and in fact solved it sub 30

 

[Twofu2]

I cube at my Middle school and everyone sees. They all say, "There's a trick, right?" exactly those words. And They all try to mix it up. Rofl